Government departments responsibility for construction
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This article sets out the responsibilities of central government departments for different aspects of the construction industry.
[edit] Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
- BIM Task Group.
- Construction Sector Unit.
- Green Construction Board.
- Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
- Construction 2025 (jointly with industry).
[edit] HM Treasury
Cabinet office:
- Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG).
- Major Projects Authority (MPA).
- Government Construction Strategy.
- Government Construction Board.
- Government Property Agency (GPA).
- Government Property Unit (GPU).
Infrastructure and Projects Authority (formerly Infrastructure UK):
[edit] Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).
[edit] Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
(Until January 2018, MHCLG was known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG))
- Building regulations.
- Planning permission.
- Planning policy.
- Homes England.
- Fire and Rescue Service.
- Architecture (transferred from DCMS in April 2015)
[edit] Home office
- Special licences.
[edit] Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Environment Agency (EA), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
- Natural England, a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
[edit] Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
- Historic England, a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
[edit] Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
(formerly the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC))
- Energy saving and climate change policy.
[edit] Local Authorities
[edit] Devolution
- Following devolution in the UK, responsibility for many aspects of construction industry policy, oversight and regulation have been passed to the authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See UK for more information. This includes building regulations and planning policy.
[edit] Find out more
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki
- Composition of UK construction industry 2013.
- Construction 2025.
- Construction knowledge.
- Construction industry institutes and associations.
- Construction industry reports.
- Crown estate.
- Devolution.
- Government Construction Strategy.
- Local authority.
- Other construction industry organisations.
- Planning policy.
- Public authority.
- Public contracting authority.
- UK.
- UK construction industry.
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